Although there are no classes this Monday and most of the students have probably gone home for the weekend, a few of us still decided to have an informal Monty Python Society meeting this weekend and try our hands again at a little improv. Except that a “few of us” turned out to be only three, which really wasn’t enough for much of anything. So, after about half an hour of nervously pacing the room and making jokes about trying to round up the building’s janitors or random passersby to join us, we called it a night and went our separate ways. Which is a shame, since I was really looking forward to doing some improv this evening, since I really haven’t had the opportunity in quite awhile. I’m not especially good at it, and it terrifies me, but it’s still a lot of fun.
When I got home, coincidentally enough, I ran across something I’d written about a year ago. I wrote
I miss the improv we did at meetings more than anything else. I miss thinking on my feet, the challenge of making something like “Two-Line Vocabulary” funny, and the energy that comes from thinking you’re going to fall flat on your face and instead making somebody laugh.
That’s still very much the case. Hopefully, we’ll be able to convince the rest of the club that improv can be fun.
Oh, and I’ve uploaded the pictures (but no information or index yet) of this year’s Homecoming Parade. You’re free to wade through all thirty-six of them if you like, starting with me as “Graham Reaper”.
